bring home

1. Get to the heart of a matter, make perfectly clear. For example, The crash brought home the danger of drinking and driving. This term uses home in the figurative sense of “touching someone or something closely.” [Second half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

"We will continue to stand beside the bereaved families and to fight until the last hostage is brought home," they said.

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He brought home his other two daughters and two sons after Iqra's death.

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Goren is one of the many hostage family members who are eager to see a deal that will bring home the remains of their loved ones for burial.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has faced resistance to ending the war from far-right members of his coalition government, welcomed the deal to bring home Israeli hostages, which his government is expected to approve.

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On that occasion, they brought home two gold medals, three silvers and five bronze from Budapest.

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Related Words

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• delineate 
• depict 
• embody 
• emphasize 
• epitomize 
• exhibit 
• explain 
• expose 
• highlight 
• illuminate 
• interpret 
• lay out 
• manifest 
• mark 
• mirror 
• personify 
• point up 
• portray 
• represent